brittany hurburgh ag and bio systems engineering iowa state univ
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Presentation regarding Produce Traceability as presented to FDA & FSIS on December 9 & 10, 2009 in Washington, D.C.TRANSCRIPT
Feasibility of Bulk MaterialFeasibility of Bulk Material Traceability
Charles R. Hurburgh, Jr., Professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
ithwithBrittini Brown, Gretchen Mosher, Maitri Thakur, Greg Bennett
Howard Shepherd, Chad Laux, Gunsu Gemesi
Traceability is a Multipurpose A ti itActivityAbility to trace the history, application or location of an
entity by means of recorded identifications. (EU #1830)#1830)Respond to security threatsRespond to food safety problems Document chain of custodyDocument chain-of-custodyDocument production practices (eg. organic)Meet consumer desires or social preferencesP id f t / lit if itProvide safety/quality assurance or uniformityProtect integrity of brand name; control riskAuthenticate claims (eg. Regional foods)R l liRegulatory complianceImprove logistics and reduce production costsOrganized, uniform response to unusual conditionsCarbon footprinting
Information at Each Step!
Process Mapping – at the Farm Level
Tracking Unit – Farm Level
Farmers Cooperative CompanyOd b lt F ilitOdebolt Facility
• First Site for ISO Certification
• Replicate at Other pLocations
Bulk Grain HandlingBulk Grain Handling
Tracking Bulk Grain• Initial bin assignment all inbound tickets• Data fields for other information related to scale ticket• Date, time stamp establishes position within bin• Current technology – all possible scale tickets
in every outboundin every outbound.• Translation – any tracking is a process of
elimination• Where the grain cannot be.• Reduce the possibilities with
management decisionsmanagement decisions• Controlled movement• Grain quality management
Grain Traceability-Steady Improvement
Average traceability i d i i
Second SetFirst Set Second SetFirst Set
Traceability Index (Precision)
index improving over time
127Complete Data
1522Locations
127Complete Data
1522Locations
Locations with high traceability index lacked QM systems
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Tracking Index====================
Tracking Index
Low index values at manageable levels
98Low
945942High
227374Average
98Low
945942High
227374Average
98Low 98Low
September 2007: 20 recalls; TI = 160; Range 3 - 1130p gJuly 2008: 26 recalls: TI = 145; Range 5 - 698
Cost-BenefitSummary for QMS
Operation Cost Savingsp gGrading $1,085Inventory Control 10,675Operations Efficiency 2,180Regulatory Compliance 5,300Employee Development 3 400Employee Development 3,400
Total $22,640Cost of QMS $11,250Ratio: 2:1
One location – four months - 2002
Copyright © 2002 Iowa State University and Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company
Supply Chain Mappingpp y pp g
Feed Inputs
Dairy Farms
Dairy Processor
•Date Received•Supplier•Bill of Lading •Operator•Silo Destination•Sil L l
•Silo SourceP d t
•Filler IDP d t D i ti•Silo Level •Product
•Product Total•Product Destination•Cream Destination•Cream Total
•Product Description •PT Tank Source•Date Received•UPC Number•Sell By Date•Cooler Location•Pallet ID•Quantity•Product Destination•Route ID•Order Number
Summaryy• Traceability relates to product quality, safety,
security and authenticitysecurity and authenticity. • Traceability of bulk commodities can be
more accurate than generally believedmore accurate than generally believed. • Traceability = operational efficiencies.• Traceability back through farming operations• Traceability back through farming operations
to land parcels? Would create management information as well as food safety.information as well as food safety.
• Quantitative (amounts) vs probability (odds)
SummarySummary• The best system will become the regulatory and
world trade standard. • International standards must prevail; ISO
22000/22005/22006 already• How precise will be good enough?• Gaps:
– Ontology, linkages and models– Operating practices integrated with tracking integrated
with cost efficiency integrated with Carbon tracking.with cost efficiency integrated with Carbon tracking.– Application templates designed around cost analysis and
assessment of objectives.
See Proceedings fromgAgricultural and Food Traceability Conference
June 2009